美国《华盛顿观察家报》8月4日发表题为《英国在南海向中国卑躬屈膝》的评论文章，对英国航母在穿越南海期间，未闯入中国南海岛礁12海里以内水域表示失望。

文章称，英国航母打击群日前穿越南海，却未驶入争议相关岛屿12海里内，挑战中方主权声索，等于在南海向中方“磕头”。https://t.co/67Zwl0EjLX

— DRV359 (@station210222) August 5, 2021

英国航母跑了

英国航母编队已经离开南海通过吕宋海峡进入菲律宾海，再从台湾东部外海前往日本。

你们图什么？

— WESTRED西红柿️‍互FO漏掉请留言 (@westred_yes) August 2, 2021

That's a quick departure, the ship's location has been monitored by the minute by Chinese satellites meaning apart from the Shandong AC plus destroyers going to meet the QE, it was also locked in by multiple D21 anti aircraft carrier killer missiles.

— Magic13 (@magiclu13) August 2, 2021

The British aircraft carrier left South China Sea. We have a famous song for it "Imperialism ran away with its tail between its legs” pic.twitter.com/SX5nqL2lni

— WEIWEI DAI (@WEIWEIDAI4) August 2, 2021